How Did The Plague Change European Society

The plague was an event in Europe that totally transformed European society and restructured the economy through necessity as there was simply no other option for returning to the former way of life after all of the deaths associated with the plague. Following the plague, extreme inflation emerged because of the difficulty associated with the procurement of goods through trade as well as the inability for goods to be consistently produced, which resulted in high inflated prices for goods throughout the European continent. In addition, serfs who were peasants and typically mistreated prior to the plague, were extremely scarce following the plague, which resulted in this group witnessing their wages rise dramatically as the demand for work outweighed the available workers.
Serfs were able to command higher prices as they no longer had to remain with one master as a result of the deaths associated with the plague, and this resulted in the standard of living rising higher after the plague as the wages were rising higher than the standard of living for peasants as a result of the plague.
Therefore, financial status was no longer exclusively held by the rich and the church, and peasants gained more freedom, which they used to initiate revolts that reflected the new economic and social structure throughout